John Fletcher Fairchild’s lawman career ended because of a punch in the nose. Seriously. Family lore says Wyatt Earp broke Fairchild’s nose in a Dodge City brawl in the 1870s—the Earp part is unconfirmed, the broken nose was real.
He had terrible headaches for years, even as he served as a deputy in northern Arizona (and helped quell the Pleasant Valley War). But after being elected sh
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